"On an issue like this, public opinion is just a distraction," Graziano continues. "The reason the Redskins should change their name has nothing to do with what anyone thinks now, in the second decade of the 21st century. The reason the Redskins should change their name is the same reason they should have changed it decades ago -- the same reason they never should have picked the name in the first place. The word Redskin has a well-established history as a racist epithet, and such words have no business being sung and chanted in support of a professional sports team. Simple as that, and it has nothing to do with tradition or fan pride or whether anyone's still offended by the name today."

Public opinion may be just a distraction, but the opinion of the team owner is ultimately what matters. "I like the name and it's not a derogatory name," then-Washington team owner Jack Kent Cooke said in 1988. He also promised, "There's not a single, solitary jot, tittle, whit chance in the world," that the team would adopt a new nickname.

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I'm native & a Dallas Cowboy fan. I hate the Redskins!! But the name & logo are GREAT! Always has been. Why does it always have to about name calling? Everyone does it!!! EVERYONE! At one time in his life.
We as people should learn to deal with it. Everyone is racist, EVERYONE. wE ARE HUMAN, that's why we fought with other tirbes. Been doing it for years. PEOPLE JUST LIVE WITH IT!!!
Keep the Washington Redskins name!!!!